Enforcement

The new structure enhances head coach responsibility/accountability and potential consequences for head coaches who fail to promote compliance within their programs. “We heard loud and clear from members across Division I that we need...

As of August 1, 2013 the new infractions structure increased the Division I Committee on Infractions from 10 to as many as 24 voting members to improve diversity of experiences and backgrounds of its members. Smaller panels will be...

The University of Montana and its former head football coach failed to monitor its football program, according to findings by the Division I Committee on Infractions. University boosters provided extra benefits to football players,...

Northeastern State University’s former head women’s tennis coach provided cash, academic fees, meals and other benefits to his student-athletes, according to findings by the NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions. The former head coach’...

The University of Oregon used a recruiting service provider, who became a representative of the university’s athletics interests, to assist the school with the recruitment of multiple prospective student-athletes, according to findings by...

Jonathan Duncan, the NCAA’s interim vice president of enforcement, has spent a decade and a half immersed in sports and education law, often working closely with the NCAA itself. Duncan, who begins his new position March 11, will work full...

Select NCAA enforcement staff acted contrary to internal protocols, legal counsel and the membership’s understanding about the limits of its investigative powers in the University of Miami case, according to the external Enforcement Review...

The NCAA on Wednesday provided an update regarding the external review of its enforcement program. “NCAA President Mark Emmert announced on January 23, an external review of the NCAA enforcement staff’s actions related to the University of...

Two former University of Southern Mississippi men’s tennis coaches were cited for unethical conduct for promising impermissible benefits to student-athletes, engaging in academic misconduct. Also, one of the coaches directed a student-...

The NCAA national office has uncovered an issue of improper conduct within its enforcement program that occurred during the University of Miami investigation. Former NCAA enforcement staff members worked with the criminal defense attorney...